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During HUAC hearing in the United States, Herbert Biberman is questioned about his affiliation with the Communist Party

A hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the United States, under Congressman J. Parnell Thomas (the "Thomas Committee") . People seated during the hearing. Hollywood director and screenwriter Herbert Biberman is questioned about his occupation in the Screen Writer's Guild and his affiliation with the Communist Party. Biberman begins his response and does not directly or quickly answer the question, which draws an angry, heated response from J. Parnell Thomas pounding a gavel, shouting from Congressman Thomas and from Robert Stripling, and demanding an answer. Biberman is subsequently asked, "are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party" and Biberman begins a response in which he decries the work of the committee and its negative effects on the Hollywood film industry. Biberman, one of the "Hollywood Ten," is dismissed from the stand.

Date: 1947, October
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050677
United States OA-10 of the 1st Rescue Squadron lands at sea in a practice rescue of men in a life raft in the Carribean

Air Sea rescue operations in the Carribean. Officers in control room as they speak over the wireless. A man plots on a map. United States Air Force OA-10 A air sea rescue plane, from the First Rescue Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, U.S. Panama Canal Zone, is seen in flight. Aircraft flies low over the sea. Crew of the plane in the observation point while in flight. Men in life raft wave towards the plane. Rescue plane lands and taxis.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051343
U.S. SB-17 of the 1st Rescue Squadron drops a lifeboat and rescue men in the Carribean.

Air Sea rescue operations in the U.S. Canal Zone. Three aircraft of the 1st Rescue Squadron, Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, are seen flying above tha water. One flying the lowest is an SB-17 and above that a twin engine (C-47) and above that a smaller single engine airplane. Smoke from a flare is seen and an aircrew in a 20-man life raft. The C-47 airdrops something, and the SB-17 drops a large life boat, in a practice rescue operation. Crewmen in the raft, transfer to the life boat, raise its sail and start moving. A larger rescue motor boat intercepts them and the aircrew leave their sailboat and climb aboard the larger boat.

Date: 1947
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051345
German prisoners of war clear rubble of damaged buildings in Warsaw, Poland.

German prisoners of war in Warsaw, Poland. Ruins of buildings in Warsaw. Polish carts moving on a road. The ruins of several buildings. Two men stand and talk on a road. Ruined structures along the side of the road. German prisoners of war led along a road by an officer. The prisoners with shovels on their shoulders stand on a road. The prisoners moving along the road. An officer looks on. The prisoners clearing the rubble of the buildings with shovels. A soldier holding a gun looks at the prisoners. The prisoners at work.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055114
German prisoners of war working on a tram line and ruined buildings in view in Warsaw, Poland.

German prisoners of war in Warsaw, Poland. German prisoners of war works on a tram line. Various views of the prisoners working. A soldier holding a gun watches the prisoners working. Ruined buildings in view near the line.

Date: 1947
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055115
Polish troops marching and singing and the troops clearing ruins of buildings in Warsaw, Poland.

The garrison of Warsaw cleaning rubble in Warsaw, Poland. Ruins of several buildings. The garrison of Warsaw marching along a road beside the ruins. Soldiers holding shovels marching on a road and singing. The top portion of a destroyed building. The troops with shovels on their shoulders lined up along a road. They walk along the road. The soldiers remove their over coats. Rubble of buildings in the background. The soldiers at work in the area with the shovels. The soldiers at work beside a truck. They load the rubbish onto the truck. Ruined buildings on the side of the road.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055116